Archive for January, 2004

YAWV (Yet Another Windows Virus)

Wednesday, January 28th, 2004

So another virus (and a variation of that virus) is making the rounds.  It didn’t bother me one bit.  My mail server scans file attachments using ClamAV and refuses infected emails.
Since the virus problem was handled automatically you would think I would be happy.  I’m not.  I’m angry about all the bounce messages saying I [...]

Gates to End Spam

Saturday, January 24th, 2004

Give me a moment while I laugh until I puke….
I’m back.  So Gates thinks he can end spam?  Uh, Billy Boy, you can’t even fix the million or so security holes in Internet Explorer and you expect me to believe that you can do something about spam?  He has proposed three methods to reduce [...]

Ass-Hat of the Week - Maureen Dowd

Friday, January 23rd, 2004

This week’s Ass-Hat award goes to Maureen Dowd of the New York Times for this lovely little statement:

Can you believe President Bush is still pushing the cockamamie claim that we went to war in Iraq with a real coalition rather than a gaggle of poodles and lackeys?

Her ridiculous statement insults 45 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, [...]

Spam Blocking Techniques

Wednesday, January 21st, 2004

As I say all too often, I run my own mail server.  I love having absolute control over my email.  I love being able to configure it exactly the way I want it.  The best thing about running the server is how little spam I receive.  This is not for the lack of trying on [...]

Content Management for the Family

Sunday, January 11th, 2004

Being a hardcore geek, I have a tendency to do things for myself rather than to trust an ISP (Internet Service Provider).  This habit started years ago when I had cablemodem service with AT&T@Home.  The reliability of the email through them was so poor that I was forced to set up a mail server in [...]

Ass-Hat of the Week - Julier Sebastiao da Silva

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

Brazilian Federal Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva had this to say when signing a court order in his country:

I consider the act absolutely brutal, threatening human rights, violating human dignity, xenophobic and worthy of the worst horrors committed by the Nazis.

So what unspeakable horror is he referring to?  Perhaps the 300,000+ bodies found in [...]